Jacobi Usserii Archiepiscopi Armachani, Opuscula duo, nunc primùm Latinè edita: quorum alterum est de episcoporum, et metropolitanorum origine: alterum de Asia proconsulari. Accessit veteris Ecclesiae gubernatio patriarchalis, ab E.B. descripta. Interprete R.R.E B.P. Praetereà accedit appendix, de antiquâ Ecclesiae Britannicae libertate, et privilegiis.
James Ussher (1581-1656) Archbishop of Armagh
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3004677
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 156 p. ; 8vo. Running number: 3263. Provenance: manuscript initial on front fly-leaf: “M.” [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code on bottom corner of leaf: "α'." [i.e. alpha' = Greek number 1]. Also on front fly-leaf is Mitchell's manuscript bibliography of the works of James Ussher: "Jacobi Vsserii Armachani scripta latina antehac edita. ..." [followed by a list of 23 works in Latin and English, with details of format, and place and date of publication]. Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; blind roll pattern on board edges; remnants of title[?] label on spine.
Makers and roles
James Ussher (1581-1656) Archbishop of Armagh John Barnes (d.1661), author Isaac Basier (1607-1676), author Edward Brerewood (1565-1613), author